Golf club face plates with internal cell lattices

Abstract

Embodiments of golf club face plates with internal cell lattices are presented herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A golf club head comprising:
 a faceplate comprising:
 an inner skin; 
 an outer skin; 
 a cell lattice with a plurality of walls having:
 a plurality of cells defined by the plurality of walls, the plurality of cells positioned between the inner skin and the outer skin; 
 
 at least one boundary channel, wherein the at least one boundary channel is devoid of the cell lattice. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the cell lattice comprises a wall thickness that varies relative to a position from the inner skin and the outer skin. 
     
     
       3. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cells comprise a cell width that varies relative to a position from the inner skin and the outer skin. 
     
     
       4. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cells comprise a cell height that decreases towards a target strike region of the faceplate. 
     
     
       5. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the cell lattice is selected from the group consisting of hexagonal, diamond, square, circular, circular interspersed with triangles, and cell subsets with walls. 
     
     
       6. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the cell lattice is selected from the group consisting of a center, and peripheral lattice region, a center, heel, and toe lattice region, a center, heel, toe, top, and bottom lattice region, and a center, top-heel, top-toe, bottom-heel, and bottom-toe lattice region. 
     
     
       7. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein a density of the plurality of cells decreases towards a target strike region of the faceplate. 
     
     
       8. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein a size of the plurality of cells decreases towards a target strike region of the faceplate. 
     
     
       9. The golf club head of  claim 1  further comprising a faceplate edge extending along a perimeter of the faceplate, wherein the cell lattice is separated from the faceplate edge. 
     
     
       10. The golf club head of  claim 1 , wherein the cell lattice comprises a center region and a peripheral region surrounding the center region, wherein the at least one boundary channel separates the center region from the peripheral region. 
     
     
       11. A golf club head comprising:
 a faceplate comprising:
 an inner skin; 
 an outer skin; 
 a cell lattice with a plurality of walls having:
 a plurality of cells defined by the plurality of walls, the plurality of cells positioned between the inner skin and the outer skin; 
 
 
 wherein the faceplate comprises a target strike region, wherein the target strike region of the faceplate is completely devoid of the cell lattice. 
 
     
     
       12. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the cell lattice comprises a wall thickness that varies relative to a position from the inner skin and the outer skin. 
     
     
       13. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of cells comprise a cell width that varies relative to a position from the inner skin and the outer skin. 
     
     
       14. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of cells comprise a cell height that decreases towards a target strike region of the faceplate. 
     
     
       15. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the cell lattice is selected from the group consisting of hexagonal, diamond, square, circular, circular interspersed with triangles, and cell subsets with walls. 
     
     
       16. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein a density of the plurality of cells decreases towards the target strike region of the faceplate. 
     
     
       17. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein a size of the plurality of cells decreases towards the target strike region of the faceplate. 
     
     
       18. The golf club head of  claim 11  further comprising a faceplate edge extending along a perimeter of the faceplate, wherein the cell lattice is separated from the faceplate edge. 
     
     
       19. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the inner skin and the outer skin completely encapsulate the cell lattice. 
     
     
       20. The golf club head of  claim 11 , wherein the cell lattice is selected from the group consisting of a heel, and toe lattice region, a heel, toe, top, and bottom lattice region, and a top-heel, top-toe, bottom-heel, and bottom-toe lattice region.